This is all to compete with an MGM resort that's under construction in neighboring Springfield, MA.

"First they paid former Attorney General Eric Holder. Then, they paid Former Senator Joseph Lieberman. Now, they're paying the former Interior Secretary. What does it add up to? That MGM is willing to pay anyone and everyone to stop our project from moving forward because they know our proposal is going to keep jobs and revenue in Connecticut," Andrew Doba, spokesperson for MMCT, the joint tribal venture designed to preserve Connecticut jobs and revenue, said in a statement on Tuesday. "By their own math, 45% of the revenue they hope to get for their billion dollar investment is supposed to come from Connecticut residents. That's not going to happen when our facility opens its doors, and they willing to spend whatever it takes to try and stop us."

The whole project still needs the approval of state lawmakers. Lawmakers have their hearing set for Thursday. On Thursday night, East Windsor's board of selectmen will hold its own forum about the project.